But that pay rate is typically for a 4 or 8 month internship. These guys were taking advantage of the fact that MIT in particular gives the month of January to

But that pay rate is typically for a 4 or 8 month internship. These guys were taking advantage of the fact that MIT in particular gives the month of January to students to work on their own stuff. MS, GOOG, etc wouldn't go through the HR headache and give high pay to an intern if he/she was only going to be around for a month.